Pierce County Events Calendar

Pierce County Events Calendar

This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Pierce County, including Tacoma, Puyallup, Lakewood and beyond.

Have an event that isn’t listed? Please email events@SouthSoundTalk.com with the following information:

  • Name of Event
  • Date, time and location (name of business if applicable and complete address)
  • Organizer(s) name
  • Cost
  • URL to purchase tickets
  • Website URL
  • SHORT description of the event
  • Photo

Our editors will review and post within a few business days.

Agenda
Agenda
July – August 2021 Jul – Aug 2021
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Jul
24
Sat
Prevail the Trail 5K! @ Orting City Park
Tickets
Jul 24 @ 9:00 am

Come one, come all…it is time to Prevail the Trail! Our Prevail the Trail 5K is the second in our Run the Fun 5K Series! Join us in-person for this 5K run that takes place on the Foothills Trail in Orting. The course starts and finishes at the Orting City Park. The Foothills Trail is paved and provides flat areas and easy slopes. The 5K course is USATF certified and chip timed. Results will be made available on our website the week after the race.

Registration fee:
$30 – ages 13 & up
$15 – youth 12 and under
Pre-Registration required by July 12, 2021.
Early Bird Discount – Register by July 1 and receive $5 off registration fee using code “PTT5”

Advanced runners – 9:00-9:20 AM
Intermediate runners – 9:25-9:55 AM
Beginner runners – 10:00-10:45 AM

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Categories: Family Events Health and Wellness Outdoor Recreation
Jul
30
Fri
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Jul 30 @ 7:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
Jul
31
Sat
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Jul 31 @ 7:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
Aug
1
Sun
DuPont Performing Arts Walk @ State Farm Grounds
Tickets
Aug 1 @ 1:00 pm

The DuPont Performing Arts Walk is a Performing Arts event that brings dancers, musicians and actors to DuPont. Audience members will be led to different performance spaces. At each location they will see a different performance by a local arts organization. This outdoor event will take place on the Northside of the State Farm grounds facing Clock Tower Park.

Participating performing groups include Tacoma Little Theatre, Olympia Symphony and The Accidental Woodwind Trio.

Please note that this is a walking and standing event. Please wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to stand for the performances. There will be a limited number of chairs available for audience members who have difficulty standing.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Education Family Events Kids Music Concerts Theater Performances
Aug
7
Sat
In the Spirit Arts Market & Northwest Native Festival @ Tacoma Art Museum
Tickets
Aug 7 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

2021 marks the 16th annual IN THE SPIRIT celebration, honoring traditional and contemporary Native and Indigenous arts and cultures. IN THE SPIRIT is a collaboration between the Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma Art Museum, and Museum of Glass. IN THE SPIRIT is an opportunity for our communities to learn about, meet, and support the many exceptional Native artists working in the Pacific Northwest. Tacoma Art Museum will be hosting an artmaking moment from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.

After hosting events online in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we are thrilled to announce a return to an in-person festival! The IN THE SPIRIT exhibition at the Washington State History museum will also be in-person. The Virtual Arts Market and other online events will be available on the In the Spirit website from July 31 to September 3, 2021 at https://www.inthespiritarts.org/.

For questions, please contact Amelia Layton, Public Programs Manager at ALayton@TacomaArtMuseum.org.

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Festivals, Expos, and Parades
Aug
13
Fri
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 12:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Smokus Pocus: a 420 Magic Show @ Tacoma Arts Community Center
Tickets
Aug 13 @ 8:00 pm

After a year of quarantine, it’s time for cannabis enthusiasts to do something fun!
This THC induced extravaganza is packed with tricks so trippy that you’ll be asking “what the f—?!” Caricatures will come to life, phones will vanish and reappear in impossible places, minds will be read, and both the stoned and sober will love the high that is Smokus Pocus.

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Categories: Adult Focused Events Arts and Entertainment Theater Performances Tags: comedy date night magic nighlife Performance
Aug
14
Sat
Meeker Days Art & Music Festival @ Downtown Puyallup
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 10:00 am – 9:00 pm

Join us for the return of our annual Meeker Days event in downtown Puyallup! This year’s festival will feature live music, food vendors, a classic car show, fine art, variety entertainment, inflatable play places, kids zone, beer gardens, family activities, and more! Stay tuned as we may also be hosting a fine art antique show, details to follow. We will be returning to our usual location in downtown Puyallup and will be launching an interactive map soon to help you navigate the huge list of things to do.
Please note that there are some new changes this year. We won’t be hosting the event over father’s day weekend, instead Meeker Days will be during the weekend of August 13th through the 15th.
Come enjoy one of Puyallup’s most beloved annual events

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Categories: Arts and Entertainment Family Events Festivals, Expos, and Parades Food & Beverage Music Concerts Outdoor Recreation Tags: # farmersmarket art beer garden festival kid friendly Music
Tacoma Arts Live presents Theater Simple’s Caravan Chronicles @ Wapato Park
Tickets
Aug 14 @ 2:00 pm

Internationally acclaimed, award-winning theater simple has built a reputation for producing ensemble-based innovative and “impossible” theatrical experiences. Whether in a theater, in a park, ‘out of the ‘box,’ or around the world, they create works that surprise and inspire with imagination, vision and moxie.

Caravan Chronicles is an intimate interactive public art event, disguised as a family reunion, set in and around a vintage trailer. Audience members become part of the ‘family’ at a semi-traditional (and highly idiosyncratic) family reunion, contributing to the family lore with story-plates, memories and haiku of their own. As the installation continues, the stories (and plates) accumulate and the family becomes richer and more connected.

Interactive games will be available before performances beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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Categories: Family Events Theater Performances Tags: #tacoma children family free tacoma arts live Theater Theater Simple
July – August 2021 Jul – Aug 2021